The 11th Kansas Infantry Regiment was an
infantry
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regiment
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that served in the
Union Army
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during the
American Civil War
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.
Service
The 11th Kansas Infantry was organized at Camp Lyon near
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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, from August 29 through September 14, 1862. It mustered in on April 3, 1862, for three years under the command of
Colonel
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Thomas Ewing Jr.
The regiment moved to Fort Scott, Kansas, October 4–9, 1862, then to Pea Ridge, Arkansas, October 15–19. It was attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division,
Army of the Frontier
The Army of the Frontier was a Union army that served in the Trans-Mississippi Theater during the Civil War. It fought in several minor engagements in Arkansas, Indian Territory, and Kansas. In June 1863 the Army was discontinued but many of i ...
, Department of Missouri, to February 1863. District of Rolla, Department of Missouri and District of Kansas, Department of Missouri, to April 1863.
The 11th Kansas Infantry ceased to exist at the end of April 1863 when it was mounted and changed to the
11th Kansas Cavalry.
Detailed service
Action at Old Fort Wayne or Beattie's Prairie, near Maysville, October 22, 1862. Cane Hill, Boston Mountains, November 28. Boston Mountains December 4–6. Reed's Mountain December 6. Battle of Prairie Grove December 7. Expedition over Boston Mountains to Van Buren December 27–31. Moved to Springfield, Missouri, January 1863, and duty there until February 17. Moved to Forsyth, Missouri, then to Fort Scott, Kansas. On furlough March. Moved from Fort Scott to Salem, Missouri, then to Kansas City, Missouri, April 6–20.
[''Official Military History of Kansas Regiments During the War for the Suppression of the Great Rebellion'' (Leavenworth, KS: W. S. Burke), 1870.]
Commanders
* Colonel Thomas Ewing Jr.
Notable members
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Captain
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Henry Booth - organized
Pawnee County, Kansas
Pawnee County (standard abbreviation: PN) is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 6,253. The largest city and county seat is Larned.
The county is named after the Pawnee Tribe.
Geog ...
, and later became Speaker of the Kansas House of Representatives
* 2nd Lieutenant
Preston B. Plumb
Preston Bierce Plumb (October 12, 1837December 20, 1891) was a United States senator from Kansas, as well as an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Biography
Born in Delaware County, Ohio, at 9 his family removed to Marysv ...
- U.S. Senator from Kansas (1877–1891)
* Private John C. Rooks - killed at the battle of Prairie Grove;
Rooks County, Kansas
Rooks County (standard abbreviation: RO) is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 4,919. The county seat is Stockton, and the largest city is Plainville. The county was named for Privat ...
, is named in his honor
* Captain
Edmund Ross
Edmund Gibson Ross (December 7, 1826May 8, 1907) was a politician who represented Kansas after the American Civil War and was later governor of the New Mexico Territory. His vote against convicting President Andrew Johnson of "high crimes and mi ...
- U.S. Senator from Kansas (1866–1870)
See also
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11th Regiment Kansas Volunteer Cavalry
The 11th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Service
The 11th Kansas Cavalry was organized at Kansas City, Kansas in late April 1863 from the 11th Kansas Infantr ...
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List of Kansas Civil War Units
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Kansas in the Civil War
At the outbreak of the American Civil War in April 1861, Kansas was the newest U.S. state, admitted just months earlier in January. The state had formally rejected slavery by popular vote and vowed to fight on the side of the Union, though ideo ...
References
Further reading
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Encyclopedia of Arkansas
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Engagement at Cane HillSkirmish at Reed's MountainBattle of Prairie Grove
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Military units and formations established in 1862
Military units and formations disestablished in 1863
Units and formations of the Union Army from Kansas
1862 establishments in Kansas